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• 23 September 2009

  War Child to Receive 'BeMOBO Award'

  

  YOUNG SOUL REBELS ACTS INCLUDING TINCHY STRYDER, N-DUBZ, CHIPMUNK, V.V BROWN, IRONIK, BASHY TO PERFORM “I GOT SOUL”

  The MOBO Awards have announced, ahead of the 14th annual ceremony on the 30th September in Glasgow, that the ‘Be MOBO’ Award will be presented to War Child.

  Selected for its ongoing commitment to children suffering from the most brutal effects of war in the world’s harshest war zones and the outstanding results it has achieved through music and music therapy since its inception in 1993, War Child reflects the MOBO message of music as a positive force to affect change.

  At this year’s prestigious ceremony, the cream of urban talent known collectively as the Young Soul Rebels will perform “I Got Soul”.

  Now in its fifth year, to highlight the work of grass roots, community and educational projects, the 'BeMOBO Award' was created to acknowledge social responsibility.

  To read more on the awards and Scotland's burgeoning urban music scene, please click here

  Category: International Events
• 21 September 2009

  Blas Festival Bucks Credit Crunch to Post Record Figures

  

  The Blas Festival has enhanced its reputation as the fastest growing festival in the UK by showing an increase in ticket sales of 25 per cent. Thousands attended its cultural events of music and Gaelic across the Highland region with half of them selling out and 80 per cent of all available seats taken.

  The festival, a key part of the Homecoming Scotland celebrations, was staged in over 40 venues ranging from village halls to Eden Court Theatre and Inverness Airport, and took place from the 4-12 September.

  Blas, in partnership with the Highland Council’s Art Links Officer, also delivered a Schools and Community programme for over 4000 young people in the region, taking the festival’s audience to over 11,000 people.

  Festival Director Donna MacRae said: “We are absolutely delighted with these attendances for the fifth Blas Festival. It proves that the people of the Highlands and visitors from overseas want to experience Highland culture. Given these stricken economic times it is a particularly impressive performance. We have delivered exciting events which the public have supported in their thousands and we have provided real value for money.

  Category: National Events
• 14 September 2009

  Norwegian Takes Scottish Stage of Tour of Britain

  

  A young Norwegian cyclist took the honours as the only Scottish stage of the Tour of Britain swept across the south of Scotland.

  Edvald Boasson Hagen won a sprint finish in the third stage of the event, which started in Peebles. Competitors including Bradley Wiggins, who finished fourth in this years Tour de France, passed through Melrose, Galashiels, Hawick and Langholm.

  Hagen managed to edge out the other racers when the stage ended in Gretna Green shortly after 1400 BST.

  It was the first time the race had come to the Scottish Borders but Dumfries and Galloway has hosted the Tour a number of times.

  Category: International Events